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Underdog is shutting down its fantasy sports product following a clash with regulators, with the shift toward prediction-market style contracts reportedly already close to complete. The transmission channel is regulatory arbitrage: operators migrating from state-licensed fantasy and sportsbook frameworks toward federally regulated event contracts pressure incumbent daily-fantasy revenue while expanding the addressable market for prediction venues such as Kalshi and Polymarket, a read-through for DKNG and Flutter sentiment and for crypto-adjacent prediction platforms. Key watch item is whether state gaming regulators or the CFTC formalize their stance on sports event contracts, since an adverse ruling would reprice the entire pivot thesis rather than just one operator; the specific 99% figure is not independently confirmed and should be treated as unverified.
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Original Source: Yahoo Finance
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